Austria are aiming to start their World Cup 2026 campaign in style on their first appearance at the global showpiece in 28 years. Look ahead to this Group J contest in San Francisco with our Austria vs Jordan prediction and preview.
Austria vs Jordan: The Key Insights
Austria are considered the overwhelming favourites by the Opta supercomputer for this clash, with a win probability of 70.3% to Jordan’s 12.9%. Austria have won only one of their last nine World Cup matches. Jordan scored 32 goals in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, their highest tally in a single qualifying campaign.Austria will make their first World Cup appearance in 28 years when they face off against tournament debutants Jordan at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium.
They’ve not featured in football’s global showpiece since France ’98, where they crashed out in the group stage after taking just two points from their three games.
But Austria’s near three-decade absence is at an end, with Ralf Rangnick steering them to an eighth World Cup appearance. They finished top of their qualifying group in the UEFA section ahead of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
They will have to go some to beat their best-ever showing at a World Cup, which came back in 1954, when they were thrashed 6-1 by neighbours West Germany in the semi-finals. They did, however, recover to beat Uruguay and place third.
Before that horror-show against West Germany, Austria were involved in the highest-scoring match in World Cup history: a 7-5 victory over host nation Switzerland.
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4 weeks ago Matt FurnissIn more recent appearances, Austria have not fared particularly well. They’ve won just one of their previous nine World Cup matches, a 2-1 victory against the United States in 1990, drawing three and losing five of the other eight.
History suggests that goals should be expected in this one, though. Austria have played 29 World Cup matches without ever recording a 0-0 result, the most games without a goalless draw in the tournament’s history.
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